Haka take on the visitors Mariehamn in the round 11 match of Finnish Veikkausliiga. The match will be played on Saturday, June 18th at Tehtaan Kenttä (Valkeakoski).
Haka tries to keep progressing. The Black and Whites are quite a strong and glorious club, by the standards of Finland. There are 9 league titles and 12 domestic cups won. But the last successes came in the first years of this century. Then there was a recession, and even 7 years in a row had to be spent in the 2nd division of the country. It turned out to return only following the results of the 2019 draw. At first it was 10th place, last season - 8th. And now there is hope to compete for a place in the top 6. Teemu Tainio's men got off to a great start, with 3 wins in the first 4 rounds. But then they lost three times in a row, and after draws at home with SJK and Lahti, they were defeated on the road by HJK.
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Mariehamn is not impressive at all so far. The Islanders brought the championship title to the Åland Islands in 2016, which was a truly unique achievement. But after that it was not possible to repeat something like that. It worth to note the cup final in 2019, but it was lost too. In general, the club has become accustomed to fighting for survival, and, for example, the last draw of the Veikkausliiga brought only 10th place. Now they are ahead of HIFK only, but they are failing in the current season. Mariehamn also managed to show something just at the start: 4 rounds without defeat, including 2-1 won over Oulu. But in the following 5 rounds, they managed to catch a draw only once, at home with KuPS back in early May. The rest of the matches were lost, including all 3 recent ones. Not surprisingly, the “islanders” have slipped to the penultimate position.
Last year, 4 head-to-heads were played, and Haka was able to win them three times. However, Mariehamn's only success in 2021 falls precisely on the away match. Both clubs started worse than planned, and hoped to add after the international break. Now, nevertheless, the stronger one is playing at home - we expect Haka to win.
Prediction for the match: Haka to win.
